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TOPIC: Investigating different types of contaminates found in a various bodies of water in LA.
This is a GIS programming paper. The journals/articles should help give information and/or ideas moving forward with the topic. The point of this paper is to come up with spatial questions based on the topic, giving a general background on the topic, and the importance of it. Some spatial questions can be: How will the "contaminant" affect the marine ecosystem over time? How will it affects the population around that body of water?
Please properly cite the journals/articles. The literature Review should be at least 2 pages, single spaced, 11-pt font.
Links of articles: (at least 5 sources) If you need more sources, please only search with 1. Google Scholar and 2. ESRI website, tutorials, and documentation
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es2023913?cas...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
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Investigating Different Types of Contaminants Found in Various Bodies of Water in Los
Angeles(LA)
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Investigating Different Types of Contaminants Found in Various Bodies of Water in Los
Angeles(LA)
Literature Review
Common knowledge has it that water is an important part of life. It is used not only for drinking
by humans but also for multiple agricultural activities such as irrigation, and drinking by livestock. Water
provides support to all marine life as some sea creatures such as fish cannot survive without water. As
beneficial as various water bodies are, human beings are not careful enough to maintain the required
sanitation to keep the water bodies habitable. The careless behaviors, whether knowingly or unknowingly
end up polluting water, destroying marine creatures ’habitats, and human beings ingesting potentially
harmful substances. Some common ways of water contamination include; dumping of household human
waste into water bodies, having untreated sewerage systems near water bodies, companies and factories
releasing residual waste products into water bodies, etc. In most countries, various regulations and
policies have been put in place to discourage water pollution. Researchers on the other hand have been
committed to putting in writing their observations regarding this matter. This piece of work is a literature
review on different types of contaminants found in LA’s water bodies. The articles used are from wellknown authors and their information can be trusted as it was obtained through authentic and first-hand
data collections techniques i.e interviews with fishermen, surveys, etc.
Why This Topic?
Although most people know that they are not supposed to dump waste into water bodies, they
may not know the dangers of doing it. Some people even continue to fish and consume fish from water
bodies that have been identified as containing potentially harmful substances. This could be out of
ignorance or simply that they do not understand the severity of the matter. Creating awareness on the
importance of both monitoring the concentration of contaminants and keeping water bodies can go a long
way in improving the quality of life. With tough economic times during the COVID 19 e...